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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
Donald J. Merlo, Carmel, IN (US);
Dong Liu, Carmel, IN (US);
Stephanie L. Burton, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Todd P. Glancy, Fairmount, IN (US);
Donald J. Merlo, Carmel, IN (US);
Dong Liu, Carmel, IN (US);
Stephanie L. Burton, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Todd P. Glancy, Fairmount, IN (US);
Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods, vectors and gene constructs for enhancing expression of a recombinant nucleic acid sequence in transgenic plants and plant tissues. According to the present invention, nucleic acid sequences are obtained and/or derived from the 5' and 3′ untranslated regions of genes encoding osmotin proteins and engineered to flank respective portions of a selected coding region of a vector. The vector construct may be introduced into plants and/or plant tissues through conventional procedures, resulting in enhanced expression of the selected coding region. In a preferred embodiment, the selected coding region is a chimeric gene or gene fragment expressing one or more proteins known to impart a level of insecticidal activity to a transgenic plant and/or plant tissue.